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Section: Opinion
Opinion
Federal TRIO Programs Work
There are many students in America who benefit from TRIO, and there are many more who need TRIO services. I am living proof that TRIO works.
March 19, 2018
Opinion
On Youth Activism and My Active-Shooter Training
There’s a new set of loud, defiant voices that arrived on the scene last week that makes diversity a whole lot more inclusive. Make way for the heretofore-ignored minors of all stripes and sizes. They are now their own group, the post-millennials, persons under the age of 18, who after Parkland can no longer be ignored, especially as they age and become generally woke, politically active adults.
March 18, 2018
Opinion
The Risk of Displeasure: How to Write Without Permission
At the age of 13, the first Chicana Ph.D. I had ever met handed me The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. In the inside cover, she wrote: “We offer this book to reflect on life’s journey. We hope you enjoy it. May you continue to pursue and follow all your dreams so that you go away to come back for the ones who cannot out.”
March 18, 2018
Opinion
#SpringRelease Clears Clutter, Eases Stress
At any moment in time, the state of our mental health depends on any number of simple and complicated internal and external factors. Stress is a major source of and contributor to that state of mental health. Whether mental or physical, clutter creates stress. Here’s a fun, rewarding way to declutter.
March 15, 2018
Women
Why Colleges Must Fight the Wage Gap
The saying goes, “You should never wake a sleeping baby.” Today, the average wage gap between women and men is almost 80 cents to the dollar. If the “baby” is gender inequality in the workforce, the U.S. has done an exceptional job of keeping the baby asleep.
March 15, 2018
Opinion
Five Things More Effective Than Political Panic
I have a confession to make: I’m a hard-core nerd fascinated by all things political. While political panic may seem like a natural response to our current state of political affairs, I offer five responses more effective than that.
March 14, 2018
HBCUs
What About Cheyney University? We Rose First!
Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world, Nelson Mandela said in his 2003 speech, “Lighting Your Way to a Better Future.” Enslaved people who sought freedom through education and abolitionists who used education as a catalyst to end slavery understood this idea. So did Quaker philanthropist Richard Humphreys, who […]
March 13, 2018
Opinion
A Teacher, a Double Identity, Hatred and Justice Advocacy
A recent exclusive story on Huffington Post.com was a detailed exposé about Dayanna Volitich, a 25-year-old social studies teacher at Crystal River Middle School in Florida who turns out to be a White supremacy advocate and has been removed from the classroom pending an investigation of radical views she has espoused.
March 12, 2018
Opinion
Time for Elected Officials to Act Against Gun Violence
School shootings in the United States have made me numb, almost with a sense of hopelessness. Recently, this country has been reduced to the wild west because of senseless acts of violence. It is time for something to be done by elected officials.
March 11, 2018
Health
Assessing the Relationship Between Gun Violence and Health Equity
Gun violence has become a crucial national problem that negatively affects health equity in the United States. The American Medical Association has declared U.S. gun violence a public health crisis requiring a comprehensive public health response and solution.
March 8, 2018
Opinion
Don’t Touch My Hair: Black Women Navigating the Ivory Tower
Solange’s “Don’t Touch My Hair” is a powerful anthem that resonates with women of color. Her hair is her crown and symbolizes a refusal to compromise her beliefs and identity to accommodate others. Unfortunately, for female scholars of color, particularly those in higher education, our crown is as much a curse as it is a gift.
March 7, 2018
Opinion
The Man Who Yells Outside My Window
It’s 4:38 a.m. One to three times a week, I am awakened by a man yelling outside my window. While my first reaction is to yell back, “Please be quiet!” I stop myself. This man of color, living with mental illness, has two things in common with my brother.
March 6, 2018
HBCUs
HBCUs’ Relevance in Diversifying the STEM Workforce
Global scientific competitiveness of the United States depends on the nation’s ability to sustain and grow the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce. An important approach to this goal is ensuring that groups historically underrepresented (HU) in STEM fields play larger roles.
March 6, 2018
Opinion
Shape of Things to Come? Diversity Shines at 90th Academy Awards
I covered the Academy Awards on the red carpet in person in 1986. It was the year of the Spielberg-directed version of Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple,” a film with 11 nominations, Oprah and so many Black stars that it was practically “The Black Panther” of its day. Fast forward to 2018 and the 90th Oscars, and the evolution is finally taking hold across the board.
March 5, 2018
Opinion
When Being ‘Woke’ Is Not Enough
In such polarized times, it is not surprising that on college campuses all over the nation, students are protesting, demonstrating and taking every opportunity to voice their concerns to administrators about campus climate, national issues and how their institutions respond to them. I find it exciting.
March 5, 2018
African-American
Honoring Black History Month, in Prison
Black History Month is often referred to by my fellow Blackademics as “the high season.” Schools and organizations across the country seek us out for obligatory assemblies and programs. Though the shortest month, February is the most popular time of the year for scholars of color to situate our scholarship within longstanding questions of freedom and justice.
March 4, 2018
African-American
Our Daily Work: Celebrate Black History Throughout Year
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Black history and civil rights shouldn’t be just a middle of January, month of February or April 4 thing. We should remind ourselves that what really matters is the daily work of King, his contemporaries and today’s champions of equality. And we should recognize, commemorate and celebrate Black history daily.
March 4, 2018
Opinion
Understanding and Quickly Recovering from Stress
Stress, especially constant stress, is the most underrated source of disease conditions, especially chronic disease. It is underrated because it is so difficult to measure and demonstrate. It is difficult to measure and demonstrate because it occurs so differently per individual and per situation.
March 1, 2018
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